Mauricio Pochettino has selected an attacking eleven for Tottenham’s Premier League meeting with Swansea City at White Hart Lane.
Despite a positive performance against Fiorentina on Thursday, Ryan Mason has been dropped to the bench. Dele Alli drops back into central midfield to partner Eric Dier.
Heung-Min Son, Christian Eriksen and Erik Lamela start in the attacking trio behind the returning Harry Kane. Elsewhere, there is familiar rotation at full back with Kyle Walker and Danny Rose replacing Kieran Trippier and Ben Davies.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to all the team news.
#THFC team: Lloris (C), Walker, Alderweireld, Wimmer, Rose; Alli, Dier; Lamela, Eriksen, Son; Kane. #COYS pic.twitter.com/nm625EtMJw
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 28, 2016
Subs: Vorm, Davies, Trippier, Bentaleb, Chadli, Mason, Onomah. #COYS
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 28, 2016
Spurs have played four times since Swansea last played. No excuse for visitors not to be refreshed & well drilled. Will be a test for #THFC
— James Maw (@JamesMawFFT) February 28, 2016
Welcome back. #COYS pic.twitter.com/jalP2XpslQ
— Six Foot Newt (@6footnewt) February 28, 2016
Love this XI. So attacking. Well done, Poch. https://t.co/fyhnwh22kW
— Nikhil Saglani (@Nikhil_Saglani) February 28, 2016
Lamela, eriksen and son ??
— Shaun (@ShaunBiggs1) February 28, 2016
Very strong attack minded team! Love it! #COYS
— Kenny Palmer (@KennyPalmer) February 28, 2016
That trio behind Harry Kane… ??
— Spurs In The Blood (@SpursInTheBlood) February 28, 2016
Strong team. Got to get it done now. #THFC
— Vass Koni (@vkon1) February 28, 2016
#thfc Looks like Alli will start alongside Dier. Makes sense to save Mason for West Ham but does Pochettino not trust Bentaleb?
— Ben Pearce (@BenPearceSpurs) February 28, 2016
Great to see Kane starting. Dembele will be a big miss though. We just aren't the same side without him.
— Spurs Daily (@Spurs_Daily) February 28, 2016
Pleased to see Lamela & Son start in Dembele's absence with Alli pushed that bit further back. Plenty attacking intent on show today.#THFC
— Ricky Sacks (@RickSpur) February 28, 2016
Alli, Eriksen, Lamela, Son all together in the XI for the first time I would say?
Going for the jugular today. #COYS
— Spurs Views (@SpursViews_) February 28, 2016
Lost count the amount of times pochettino's lineups in the last two years has shut my timeline up, the man kinda knows his stuff
— Shaun (@ShaunBiggs1) February 28, 2016
Hopefully a big win incoming, especially if we get an early goal. That front four excites me – plenty of creativity in there. #COYS
— Spurs In The Blood (@SpursInTheBlood) February 28, 2016
Have a sneaky suspicion that Eriksen will be the one to drop deeper today especially early on and play a Modric role, with Alli behind Kane.
— TheHotspurInsider (@HotspurInsider) February 28, 2016
Seriously though, that team ?
No excuses today.
— Spooky (@Spooky23) February 28, 2016